HIV Patients
1987
Sol Silverman, Jr., D.D.S., University of California, San Francisco
This HIV patient presented with labial and gingival Kaposis sarcoma secondary to his AIDS infection which included the maxilla.
In approximately 7.5-10 percent of AIDS patients display signs of oral Kaposis sarcoma, and can range in appearance from a small asymptomatic growths that are flat purple-red in color, to larger nodular growths.
